Parrots
Order: Psittaciformes. Family: Psittacidae
Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and the have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back. There are 335 species worldwide and 44 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.
- Black Lory Chalcopsitta atra
- Brown Lory Chalcopsitta duivenbodei
- Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta sintillata
- Cardinal Lory Chalcopsitta cardinalis
- Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Goldie's Lorikeet Psitteuteles goldiei
- Purple-bellied Lory Lorius hypoinochrous (E)
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- White-naped Lory Lorius albidinuchus (E)
- Red-chinned Lorikeet Charmosyna rubrigularis (E)
- Striated Lorikeet Charmosyna multistriata
- Pygmy Lorikeet Charmosyna wilhelminae
- Red-fronted Lorikeet Charmosyna rubronotata
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Charmosyna placentis
- Fairy Lorikeet Charmosyna pulchella
- Josephine's Lorikeet Charmosyna josefinae
- Papuan Lorikeet Charmosyna papou
- Plum-faced Lorikeet Oreopsittacus arfaki
- Yellow-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus musschenbroekii
- Orange-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus pullicauda
- Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus
- Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta keiensis
- Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta pusio
- Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii
- Meek's Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta meeki (E)
- Finsch's Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta finschii
- Orange-breasted Fig-parrot Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii
- Double-eyed Fig-parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Large Fig-parrot Psittaculirostris desmarestii
- Edwards's Fig-parrot Psittaculirostris edwardsii
- Painted Tiger Parrot Psittacella picta
- Brehm's Tiger Parrot Psittacella brehmii
- Modest Tiger Parrot Psittacella modesta
- Madarasz's Tiger Parrot Psittacella madaraszi
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex
- Singing Parrot Geoffroyus heteroclitus
- Great-billed Parrot Tanygnathus megalorynchos
- Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus
- Papuan King Parrot Alisterus chloropterus
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
- Papuan Hanging Parrot Loriculus aurantiifrons
- Green-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus tener (E)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea
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“And the chandeliers are neat . . .
But their mignon, marblish glare!
We are cold, the parrots cried,
In a place so debonair.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)